Sound Recognition
Session 2
The Vocal Tract
Jcarreras.homestead.com
The Consonants of English(ic.arizona.edu)
The Vowels of Englishhttp://falarlentender,com/
Here is a great learning tool. It helps you to learn the phonetic alphabet.
Just go tohttp://www.soundsenglish.com/phonetic.html
further guide to pronunciation:http://
www.oupchina.com.hk/dict/phonetic/home.html
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And visit
to learn sounds in detail through video
in which each sound is vividly described in one file
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pronsounds/index.shtml
Short Vowelsɪ
kit /kɪt/bid /bɪd/hymn /hɪm/minute /'mɪnɪt/
ʊfoot /fʊt/put /pʊt/good /gʊd/
ʌstrut /strʌt/mud /mʌd/love /lʌv/blood /blʌd/
ɒlot /lɒt/odd /ɒd/wash /wɒʃ/
əabout /əˈbaʊt/common /ˈkɒmən/standard /ˈstændəd/butter /ˈbʌtə/
edress /dres/bed /bed/head /hed/many /ˈmeni/
ætrap /træp/stamp /stæmp/bad /bæd/
Long Vowelsiː
fleece /fliːs/sea /siː/machine /məˈʃiːn/
uːgoose /guːs/two /tuː/blue /bluː/group /gruːp/
ɑːfather /ˈfɑːðə/start /stɑːt/hard /hɑːd/
ɔːthought /θɔːt/law /lɔː/north /nɔːθ/war /wɔː/
ɜːnurse /nɜːs/stir /stɜː/learn /lɜːn/refer /rəˈfɜː/
Dipthongsɪə
near /nɪə/here /hɪə/weary /ˈwɪərɪ/
ʊə
tour /tʊə/jury /ˈʤʊərɪ/cure /kjʊə/
aɪ
price /praɪs/high /haɪ/try /traɪ/eye /aɪ/
ɔɪ
choice /ʧɔɪs/noise /nɔɪz /boy /bɔɪ/boiler /ˈbɔɪlə/
əʊ goat /gəʊt/show /ʃəʊ/no /nəʊ/
eə
square /skweə/fair /feə/various /ˈveəriəs/
aʊ
mouth /maʊθ/now /naʊ/fowl /faʊl/
eɪ
face /feɪs/day /deɪ/break /breɪk/
Voiceless Consonantsp
pen /pen/copy /ˈkɒpi/happen /ˈhæpən/
t
tea /tiː/tight /taɪt/button /ˈbʌtən/
ʧ
church /ʧɜːʧ/match /mæʧ/nature /ˈneɪʧə/
k
key /kiː/clock /klɒk/school /skuːl/
f
fat /fæt/coffee / 'kɔfɪ/rough /rʌf/photo /'fəʊt
θ thing /θɪŋ/author /'ɔːθə/path /pɑːθ/
s
soon /suːn/cease /siːs/sister /'sɪstə/
ʃ ship /ʃɪp/sure /ʃɔː/national /'næʃnəl/
Voiced Consonants b
back /bæk/baby /'beɪbi/job /ʤɒb/
d day /deɪ/ladder /'lædə/odd /ɒd/
ʤ judge /ʤʌʤSoldierage
g get /get/giggle /'gɪgəl/ghost /gəʊst/
v
view /vjuː/heavy /'hevi/move /muːv/
ð
this /ðɪs /other /'ʌðə/smooth /smuːð/
z
zero /'zɪərəʊ/music /'mjuːzɪk/roses /'rəʊzɪz/buzz /bʌz
ʒ pleasure /'pleʒə/leisure /'leʒə/vision /'vɪʒən/
Voiced Consonantsm
more /mɔː/hammer /'hæmə/sum /sʌm/
n nice /naɪs/know /nəʊ/funny /'fʌni/sun /sʌn
ŋ ring /rɪŋ/anger /'æŋgə/thanks /θæŋks/sung /sʌŋ
hhot /hɒt/whole /həʊl/ahead /ə'hed/
llight /laɪt/valley /'væli/feel /fiːl/
r right /raɪt/wrong /rɒŋ/sorry /'sɒri/arrange /ə'reɪnʤ
wwet /wet/one /wʌn/when /wen/queen /kwiːn/
j yet /jet/use /juːz/b eauty /bjuːti/f ew /fjuː
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